Urinary Mycobacterium szulgai infection in an immunocompetent patient.

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Published in South Med J on September 01, 2009

Authors

Jiun-Nong Lin1, Chung-Hsu Lai, Yen-Hsu Chen, Chun-Kai Huang, Hsiu-Fang Lin, Hock-Liew Eng, Hsi-Hsun Lin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Pathology, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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